Corset-boning machine.



61A. KINDERQ CORSET BONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY14, 1915.

Patented J an. 11, 1916.

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6. A. KINDER.

CORSET BONING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11; 1916.

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CORSET BONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1915.

Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

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a. A. KINDER.

CORSET BONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14. 1915.

I Patented J an. 11, 1916.

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rinr nn s'rerns PATEN W GARRETT. A. manna. or WOBQESTEB, ness QH n r AS$IGNR o RO A n sren CORSET. o. A o aerto r, MA S CH S CORSET-BONING M oH iv-n Specification of Lettersjiatent.

Patented Ja 11, 1916.

Application filed May 14, 1915. "Serial No. 28,231.

tain new and useful Improvements, in Oor-v set-Boning Machines, of which the follow-. ing is a specification.

My invention relates to a corset boning machine, or to a machine for inserting bones or steels into the pockets in the fabric of which a corset is made, and my invention particularly relates to an organized machine for inserting corset bones or steels into the pockets of the material of which the corset. is made, said machine being provided with a' magazine or reservoir for holding the bones or steels, which are transferred from the magazine or reservoir, and means forproperly placing and alining the bones or steels, and means for gripping and holding the corset fabric, preparatory to the insertion of a bone or steel,and means for inserting into the pockets in the fabric the bones or steels.

The object of my invention is to provide a machine for inserting corset bones or steels into the pockets of the fabric of which a corset is made, and to provide in said machine means to secure the corset fabric to the machine'during the process, of inserting the bone or steel into the pocket in the fabric, and to'provide mechanism for selecting corset bones or steels, and mechanism to receive a single corset bone from said selecting mechanism, to carry said bone or steel'to.

the mechanism for inserting the same into the pocket in the corset fabric, and also. to. provide a single device, as a lever, by means Y of which the several par-ts of the machine may be simultaneously adjusted to receive corset bones or steels of any width, and also to providemeans for adjustment in the se-. lecting mechanism, whereby a single corset bone or steel of any thickness may be se-. lected from the magazine or reservoir.

My invention consists in certain novel features of construction of my. improvements as will be hereinafterfully described.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view of my corset boning machine; the front cover or door is removed. Fig; 2 corresponds to Fig. 1, but shows some of the parts in a different position. Fig. 3 is, on

an enlarged scale, a. plan view of the ma? same figure.

chine shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with some of the. parts broken away. Fig. a is, on an enlarged scale, a rear view of a portion of the machine, .showing the selectingmechanism. Fig. 5 is-an end view of the parts shown in Fig. e, looking in the direction of arrow at, Fig. 6; is, a sectional view, on line 6, 6, Fig. 1, looking in'the direction of arrow 6, same figure; the front door of the machine is shown in position. Fig. 7 is, on an enlarged scale, a plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow. 0, same figure; some of the parts in this vjieware broken away, and some are omitted. Fig. 8 is, on an enlarged scale, a detached plan view showingthe adjustable guide plate. Fig. 9 is a section, on line 9, 9-, Fig. 8., looking in the direction of arrow cl, same figure. Fig. 10 corresponds to, Fig. 9, but shows the guide plate in a different position. Fig. 11' is a plan view of the guiding and gripping mechanism detached, and. a portion of the corset fabric; the cover over the gripping mechanism is removed. Fig. 12 corresponds to Fig. 11, but shows a bone or steel partially inserted in the corset fabric. Fig. 13 corresponds to. Fig. '12, but shows a bone or steel fully inserted in the corset fabric. Fig. 14 is, on an enlarged scale, a section, on line 14, 1-1, Fig. 11, looking in the direction of arrow 6, same figure. Fig.15 is a detached end view of the bone or steel receiving mechanism, and some parts of the selecting mechanism. Fig. 16 corresponds to Fig. 15, but shows some of the parts in a different position, and, Fig. 17 is a sectional view of the bone receiving mechanism, and a part of the feeding mechanism. I

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is the frame of the machine, which in this instance is made in box shape, witha removable door or cover 1, see Fig. 6, on the front side, through which access is obtained to the several parts of the machine contained within the frame 1. On the top of the frame 1 is secured a plate 2, and on the plate 2 are stands 3, and 4, see Fig. t, to which are secured the reservoir or magazine 5 for the corset bones or steels 6, see Fig. 6, to be inthe stands 8. and 8. ,Theupper portion of;

said stands 8 and 8 have a dove-tail groove therein to receive the sliding members 9 and 10; the inner ends of said sliding members 9 and 10 are secured to the vertically extending guide bars 11 and 12, see Figs. 1 and 2. In the vertically extending guide bars 11 and 12 are adjustable bars 13, see Figs. 4 and 5, which are retained in fixed position by adjusting screws 13 mounted in the upright bars 11 and 12.

A shaft 14 is loosely mounted in bearings 3 and 4 on the stands 3 and 4, see Fig. 4. On the outer ends of said shaft 14 are loosely mounted downwardly extending levers 15, and 16, which have pivoted to their lower ends one end of a connecting link 17, see Fig. 5. 'The other end of the link 17 is pivoted to the selecting fingers 18, which are guided in projections 19 on the stands 19, secured to the magazine 5. On the shaft 14 and at each end thereof are secured downwardly extending levers 20 and 21, see Figs. 4 and 5. Springs 22 are attachedat one end to the levers 20 and 21, and at their other ends to the levers 15 and 16. Said springs act to yieldingly connect the levers 15 and 16 with the shaft 14, which has a rocking motion, and to cause said levers 15 and 16, and parts connected therewith, to move with said shaft 14 and at the same time allow said shaft 14 to move without moving said levers and the parts connected therewith, through the yielding of the springs 22.

To the shaft 14 is secured one end of a lever 23. see Fig. 5. On the other end of the lever 23 is adjustably secured a stud 24,

which has a ball shaped end, which is se.

cured in a socket rod head 25, which is adjustahly secured on the upper'end of a rod 26. On the lower end of the rod 26 is adjustably secured a rod head 27, in which is secured the ball shaped end of a stud 28, adjustahly secured to one end of a cam lever 29, see F ig. 4. The cam lever 29 is pivotally mounted on a stud 30 secured to a portion of the frame 1, and has a stud 29 thereon, on which is loosely mounted a cam roll 31, which is engaged and operated by a cam 32 secured on one end of a shaft 33. The roll 31 is held in contact with the cam 32. in this instance by means of a spring 34, attached at one end to the magazine 5, and at its other end to one end of a lever 35. The other end of said lever 35 is fast on the shaft 14, see Fig. 5.

On the top plate 2 within a recess in the I guide plate 7, is loosely mounted an adjustable guide plate 36. see Fig. 15. A second guide or feeding plate 37 is secured to the dove-tail sliding member 38; said sliding member 38 is guided in a dove-tail groove in a projection 2 on the plate 2. The sliding member 38 is forced inwardly in this in stance bvaleaf spring 39 secured to the plate 2, see Fig. 7, engaging a projection 38 on i the sliding member 38. The upper end of a Stud 40 is pivoted by a pin, at 40, see Fig. 15, in ears or projections 38 on the member 38. The stud 40 is loosely mounted in a boss on the upper end of a lever 41, see Fig. 6. The lever 41 is adjustably pivoted at 42 to a stud 43, which is secured to a sliding block 44, which is held and guided in a clove-tailed groove in a stand 45 secured to the frame, see Figs. 1 and The lower end of the lever 41 is pivoted at 46 to one end of a connector or link 47, which is loosely mounted in a bearing 48 on a stand 48 secured to the frame 1, see Fig. 6.

' To the outer end of the link or connector 47 is pivotally attached 0116 81161 of a lever 50. Said lever 50 is pivotally mounted on a stud 51 on the stand 48, and the other end of said lever 50 carries a stud 52 on which is mounted a cam roll 53, which is adapted to engage a cam 54 fast on a shaft 55, which is loosely mounted in bearings 56 on the stand 56 secured to the frame 1, see Fig. 6. A spring 41, attached to the upper end of the lever 41, acts to hold the roll 53 in engagement with the cam 54, see Fig. 6.

A. lever 57 is pivoted at 58 to the frame 1, see Figs. 1 and 2. One end of said lever 57 is pivotally connected to the sliding block 44 at 44, and the other end of said lever 57 is pivotally connected to one arm of a bell crank lever 61, which is pivoted at 62 on the frame 1. The other arm of the bell crank lever 61 has a ball on the end thereof, which is connected with the rod head 63, adjustably secured on one end of the rod 64. The other end of the rod 64 is adj ustablv secured in a rod head 65, see Fig. 3, which is pivoted at 66 to an extension 67 on the handle 67. The handle 67 is fast on the lower part of a stud 68. which is loosely mounted in a hearing 8" on the stand 8, see Figs. 1 and 2. The handle 67 is adjustably secured to the plate 7 by a thumb screw 69 which extends through an elongated slot '67" in said handle 67. On the upper end of the stud 68 is secured an arm or lever 70. which engages a stud 71 on the bar 10, see Fig. 3. A stud 72. Fig. 3, loosely mounted in a bearing 8, Fig. 1, on the stand 8 has secured to its lower part one end of a lever or arm 73. The other end of the lever or arm 73 has pivotally attached thereto at 74, see Fig. 3, one end of a connector rod 75. The other end of said connector rod 75 is pivoted at 66 to the arm 67 on the handle 67, Fig. 7. On the upper end of the stud 72 is secured an arm or lever 76. which engages a stud 77 on the bar 9, see Fig. 3. On the inner ends of the studs 68 and 72 is secured a lever 78, see Fig. 8, which engages a pin 79 in the guide plate 36. It will be readily seen that by moving the handle 67. the connections secured to the studs 68 and 72 will be moved,

and the guide bars 9 and 10 will carry the guide posts 11' and 12 inwardly or outwardly simultaneously, as desired, relative to the magazine 5. The inner lever 78 will be moved in unison with the connections above described, and in turn will act to move the guide plate 36 in a proper spaced relation. By moving the handle. 67, as above described, the rod 64 will act to move the bell crank lever 61. which in turn, through lever 57 and sliding block 44 having the stud 43 thereon, Figs. 1, 2, and 6,

will act to change the fulcrum of the lever 41, thereby changing the distance of travel of the bar 37 which has the feed plate 36 secured thereto.

It will beseen that with this construction I may adjust the entire guiding and feeding mechanism of the machine by means of the single handle 67. By means of the screw 13 the bar 13, Figs. 4 and 5, may be adjusted so that a single'bone or steel of any thickness will be transferred from the magazine to the carrying and feeding mechanism. In a recess in the top plate is mounted one of the carrying plates 80, see Fig. 15, whichhas a series of downwardly extending rods 81, see Figs. 1 and 2, which are suitably guided in bearings in a dove-tail race-way 82 secured to the top plate 2. On the lower ends of the rods 81 is loosely mounted, on a stud 83, cam rolls 83, which are engaged by cams 84 secured on the shaft 85. see Fig. 15. The shaft 85 is mounted in suitable bearings 85, on the race-way 82. A second plate 86 is mounted above the plate 80, see Fig. 15. and has secured thereto the upper ends of downwardly extending rods 87. The rods 87 are guided in suitable bearings on the race-way 82, and have at their lower ends studs 89 on which are loosely mounted the cam rolls 88, which are enga ed by cams 90, fast on the shaft 85. Torsion springs 91 have one end secured to the collars 87 on the rods .87, and the other 7 end attached to thebearings on the raceway 82, and act to hold the cam rolls 88 in con act with the cams 90, see Fig. 15.

. When a corset bone or steel 6 has been inserted between the carrying plates 80, and 86, as shown at Fig. 16, the springs 91 act to return the plates to their normal closed position shown in Fig. 17; the feed plate 37 is then inserted between the carrying plates and 86, to feed the corset bone or steel 6 into its proper position to be inserted in the corset fabric. I t

-On the shaft is fast a pinion 92, see Figs. 1 and 2, wh ch meshes with apinion 93 fast on the end of the. shaft 33, which is mounted in a bearing on the stand 94 secured to the stand 1, see Fig. 5. 95 is also secured to the shaft 33, and meshes with a pinion '96, see Fi 6. secured on the upper end of a shaft 97. which is loosely mounted in a bearing 94 on the A pinion j V A pinion 99, Fig. 6, is secured to the lower end of the shaft97, and meshes with a pinion -secured to the cam 54. Through this series of pinions the shaft 85 is revolved with the shaft A castinglOl is secured to the frame 1, and has sl dably mounted thereon a block 102, see Figs. 1 and 2. The block 102 has pivoted thereto one end of a connecting link 103. The other end of said link 103 is pivoted at 104 to a crank arm 105; said crank arm 105 is secured on the inner end of the shaft 55. The block 102 also has one end of a link 106 pivotally attached thereto at 107; the other end of the link 106 is pivoted at 108 to a lever 109. The lever 109 is pivoted at its lower end, at 110, on the stand'l, see Figs. 1 and 2. The upper end of the lever 109 is pivotally connected at 111 to one end of a link 112; the other end of the link 112 is pivotally connected at 113 to a dove-tail sliding block 114, which is slidably mounted in the race-Way S2. The block 114 has at its upper end a horizontally extending finger 114'. j j

I will now describe the mechanism for gripping the corset fabric and holding it, while the bone or steel is inserted into the pocket in the fabric. The gripping mechanism consists of the two'fingers or jaws 115 and 116, which are located on an extension 2 on one end of the plate 2, Figs. 11, 12, and 13. The jaws 115 and 116 are pivotally mounted at their inner ends on pins 115 and 116, and at their outer ends are provided with holding means or projections 115 and 116 on their outer edges. The jaws 115 and 116 are yieldingly moved toward each other, and held in their inward position at their outer ends, in this instance by two flat springs 117 and 118. which are secured at one end by studs 117 and 118 on the extension 2", and hear at their free ends against the jaws 115 and 116, as shown in Fig. 11. A plate or cover 119. see Fig. 7, extends over the jaws 115 and 116 and is detachably secured to the extension 2.

The corset fabric 120, having a bone or steel pocket 120 therein, is held over the end of the projection 2, and against the end of the removal cover 119, see Fig. 11. A bone or steel 6 is selected and moved into position. through. the operation of the mechanism above described, and moved forward by the fin er 114 on the block 114, and as the end of the bone or steel 6 passes 'between the aws 115 and 116, it spreads said jaws 11 5 and 116, as shown in Fig. 13, the

pusher 114 on the block 114 is withdrawn and the springs 117 and 118 operateto move the jaws 115 and 116 together and disengage said jaws from the corset'fabric, as shown in Fig. 11. By means of the holding jaws 115 and 116, when the corset fabric is held up to the discharging end of the machine, as the bone or steel is inserted into the pocket in the fabric, the corset fabric becomes firmly attached to the discharging end of the machine, and is held in a fixed position without the attention of the operator, until the bone or steel has been inserted, and the corset fabric is then automatically detached from the machine. In this instance the machine is operated by the attendant, to have a regular intermittent motion, to bring a bone or steel into the proper position to be fed into the pocket in the corset fabric, and to insert a bone or steel into said fabric, through a foot lever, shown at 121, in Figs. 1 and 2, attached to a clutch mechanism, which may be of any ordinary and well known construction. Upon pressing down the foot lever, through the clutch mechanism, not shown, the shaft 55 is driven, through the driving wheel 122, Fig. 6, a belt, not shown, operating said driving wheel.

From the above description in connection with the drawings the operation of my machine for inserting bones or steels into pockets of corset fabric will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, and briefly is as follows :The steels or bones 6 are placed in the vertically extending portion 5 of the magazine 5, to extend in a vertical pile, as shown in Fig. 5. The bottom of the pile rests upon the projections 19 on the stands 19. The vertically extending adjustable bars 13 are raised or lowered, through the adjusting screws 13, according to the thickness of the steels or bones 6, so that the lower ends of the bars 13 will extend just above the lowest steel or bone 6, as shown in- Fig. 5. The attendant presses down the foot lever 121, which operates a clutch mechanism, not shown, and causes, through a belt, not shown. the rotation of the driving wheel 122, see Fig. 6, and the rotary motion of the shaft 55. The rotary motion of the shaft 55, through the bevel gears 100 and 99, rotates the shaft 97, and through the bevel gears 96 and rotates the shaft 33, and through the bevel gears 93 and 92 rotates the shaft 85, carrying the cams 84 and 90 fast thereon. The passing of the cam 90 from under the rolls 88 on the rods 87, allows the springs 91 to act, to draw down the carrying plate 86, and the passing of the cams 84 under the rolls 83 on the rods 81, moves up the carrying plate 80, as shown in Fig. 16. The rotary motion of the shaft 33, through the cam 32, see Figs. 4 and 5, engaging the roll 31 on the lever 29, moves down said lever 29, and through the rod 26, lever 23, and levers 20 and 21, rocks the shaft 14, and through springs 22, moves the levers 15, and through links 17, moves the selecting fingers 1 8, to push .the lowest steel 6 in the pile of steels out of the holder 5, and under the bars 13, and between the carrying plates86 and 80, as shown in Fig. 16. The continued operation of the machine, and the rotation of the shaft 85, carries the cam 84 from under the rolls 83 on the rods 81, allowing the springs 91 to act, to drawthe carrying plates 86 and 80, with the steel 6 between them, down into position shown in Fig. 17, and in line with the feeding plate 37, which is supported on the sliding member 38. The sliding member 38, carrying the feeding plate 37, is moved, to cause said plate 37 to engage the steel or bone 6 and move it out between the carrying plates 80 and 86, through the rotation of the cam 54 on the shaft 55, see Fig. 6, and the lever 50, rod 47, and lever 41. The steel or bone 6 is pushed or moved against the guide plate 36, see Fig. 17, which plate is adjustable according to the width of the steels or bones 6, and into a position to be engaged by the finger 114 on the sliding block 114. Through the rotation of the shaft 55, and through the crank arm 105, link 103, sliding block 102, and link 106 attached to the arm 109, the arm 109, through the link 112, causes the block 114 to move from the position shown in Fig. 1 to the position shown in Fig. 2, to push the bone or steel 6 between the guide plates 37 and 36, and the forward end of the bone or steel, passing between the jaws 115 and 116, the corset fabric 120, with a pocket 120 therein, being held by the attendant against the end of the cover 119 at the discharging end of the machine, as shown in Fig. 11, causes the spreading of the jaws 115 and 116, and the engagement of the projections 115 and 116 thereon with the corset fabric, to secure the corset fabric to the discharging end of the machine. The continued movement of the block 114, carrying the finger 114,

forces the inner end of the bone or steel 6 beyond the holding jaws 115 and 116, as shown in Fig. 13, allowing the springs 117 and 118 to act to close the jaws and release the fabric from the discharging end of the machine.

.After one complete operation of the machine to insert a bone or steel 6 in the corset fabric, as above described, the clutch mechanism is automatically released and the machine stops, the several parts of the machine, before the stopping of the machine, having been returned to their first or normal position preparatory to the insertion of a second bone or steel. The attendant again presses the foot lever 121, to put into operation the clutch mechanism, and the operation of in:

serting a bone or steel 6 is repeated, as above described, the several parts of the machine being timed to operate in the proper order, all as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

By means of the single hand lever 67, the position of the guide plate 36 may be varied according to the width of the steels or bones,

' and the adjustment of the carrying plates 80 and 86 may be varied, as desired, according to the thickness of the steels or bones.

It will be understood that the details of construction of my improvements may be varied if desired.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is V 1. In a corset boning machine, means for holding the bones, carrying plates for a bone, and means for moving said carrying plates, a feeding plate to move the bone into a position to be inserted in a corset fabric, holding jaws, having holding means thereon, to hold the corset fabric when the bone passes between said jaws and is inserted in said fabric, and means for pushing the bone between said holding jaws, and inserting it into the corset fabric.

2. In a machine for inserting bones or steels into pockets in a corset fabric, a reservoir or holder for the bones, selecting fingers to move the lowest bone in said reservoir or holder, and means for operating said selectmg fingers, carrying plates for a bone, means guide plate, and between said holding jaws into a pocket in the corset fabric.

3. In a machine for inserting bones or steels into pockets in a corset fabric, a pair of holding jaws, located at the discharging end of the machine, and having holding means, to enter within the end of a pocket in,

the corset fabric, and engage with the corset fabric, to secure it to the discharging end of the machine, when the bone is inserted into a pocket in said fabric, and to release said fabric after a bone is inserted.

4. In a machine for inserting bones or steels into pockets in a corset fabric, having a magazine or holder for said bones or steels, and having guiding mechanism, and feeding mechanism for said bones or steels, a single hand lever, to adjust simultaneously said guiding mechanism, and said feeding mechanism, according to the varying thickness of said bones or steels.

GARRETT A. KINDER.

Witnesses: 7

J HN C. DEWEY, M. HAAS.

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